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Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Astarte Syriaca
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MYSTERY: lo! betwixt the sun and moon 
Astarte of the Syrians: Venus Queen 
Ere Aphrodite was. In silver sheen 
Her twofold girdle clasps the infinite boon 
Of bliss whereof the heaven and earth commune: 
And from her neck`s inclining flower-stem lean 
Love-freighted lips and absolute eyes that wean 
The pulse of hearts to the spheres` dominant tune.
Torch-bearing, her sweet ministers compel 
All thrones of light beyond the sky and sea 
The witnesses of Beauty`s face to be: 
That face, of Love`s all-penetrative spell 
Amulet, talisman, and oracle,— 
Betwixt the sun and moon a mystery.
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